Concepts of Community
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,A nurse is working with a community planning board to 4. Budgeting financial resources fairly based on need.
address the challenge of systemic racism in their
community. Which of the following criteria should the Essential to the success of a plan to address systemic racism is budgeting
nurse identify as essential to the success of a financial resources fairly based on need. Therefore, the nurse should include
community plan addressing systemic racism? this as criteria essential for addressing racial inequities.
1. Focusing on the outcomes of racial inequities
2. Placing those with poser and resources in charge of
the plan
3. Creating a day of remembrance to raise awareness of
racial inequities
4. Budgeting financial resources fairly based on need
A nursing program director is discussing the integration 1. Quality Improvement
of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
competencies into the curriculum with faculty. Which of The director should include in the discussion that quality improvement is the
the following competencies should the director include QSEN competency that most students report as being the least prepared to
in the discussion as the competency that most student address.
are the least prepared to address?
1. Quality Improvement
2. Patient-Centered Care
3. Informatics
4. Teamwork and Collaboration
A nurse is discussing the timing of public health acts 1. The Sheppard-Towner Act (1921)
with a group of nursing students. The nurse should
inform the students that, if placed in chronological 2. The Social Security Act (1935)
order from oldest to newest, the following acts would
be listed in what order? 3. The Civil Rights Act (1964)
The Sheppard-Towner Act 4. The Medicare and Medicaid Act (1965)
The Civil Rights Act 5. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)
The Medicare and Medicaid Act
The Social Security Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
,A nurse is discussing government organizations with a 3. American Red Cross
newly licensed nurse who is interested in working with
clients who have been impacted by natural disasters. The American Red Cross is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing
Which of the following organizations should the nurse domestic and international disaster relief. Therefore, the nurse should include
include in the discussion as the organization that the American Red Cross in the discussion.
provides domestic and international disaster relief?
1. U.S. Public Health Services (USPHS) Commissioned
Corps
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
3. American Red Cross
4. Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
A nurse educator is teaching a class on nursing history 4. Florence Nightingale
to a group of nursing students. Which of the following
nurses should be identified as the first nurse who The nurse should identify Florence Nightingale as the first nurse who focused
focused on environmental conditions? on environmental conditions, which improved outcomes of care on battlefields
and in hospitals during the 1800s
1. Clara Barton
2. Mary Breckinridge
3. Jessie Sleet Scales
4. Florence Nightingale
A nurse in a community health clinic is providing 3. "Partner violence is underreported."
training to a group of newly hired nurses about partner
violence. Which of the following statements made by This is an accurate statement and should be identified as an understanding of
one of the nurses indicates an understanding of partner partner violence.
violence?
1. "Women and men experience partner violence
equally."
2. "Partner violence is the leading cause of death for
women."
3. "Partner violence is underreported."
4. "Only physical abuse is considered partner violence."
, A community health nurse is discussing the Nurse 2. Prohibition of racial discrimination in nursing organizations.
Training Act of 1943 with a group of nursing students.
The community health nurse should include in the The U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps prohibited discrimination in nursing organizations
discussion that which of the following occurred as a and was a direct result of the Nurse Training Act of 1943. Therefore, the nurse
direct result of the passage of this legislation? should include this in the discussion.
1. Funding for maternal child care programs
2. Prohibition of racial discrimination in nursing
organizations
3. Formation of training programs for school nurses
4. Establishment of the National Center for Nursing
Research
A newly licensed nurse is interested in finding 3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
information about health care benefits for clients who
are disabled or have end-stage renal disease. The CMS is the organization that oversees Medicare, a federal government-funded
newly licensed nurse asks their preceptor where they health care plan that provides health care benefits to clients age 65 years and
can find this information. Which of the following older, younger clients who have disabilities, and clients with end-stage renal
organization websites should the preceptor encourage disease.
the newly licensed nurse to use to find the desired
information?
1. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4. United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
Commissioned Corps
A nurse is planning to provide a presentation to a group 4. Alexander Fleming
of community members on how early discoveries in
science have influenced the practice of community He discovered Penicillin in 1928
health. Which of the following individuals should the
nurse include in the presentation as being credited with 1. Dr John Snow one of the founders of epidemiology because of his work with
discovering penicillin? Cholera epidemic in London
1. Dr John Snow 2. Dr Edward Jenner credited with the discovery of the smallpox vaccine
2. Dr. Edward Jenner 3. Lemuel Shattuck discovered the connection between illness and sanitation.
3. Lemuel Shattuck
4. Alexander Fleming
Nursing Midterm | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
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,A nurse is working with a community planning board to 4. Budgeting financial resources fairly based on need.
address the challenge of systemic racism in their
community. Which of the following criteria should the Essential to the success of a plan to address systemic racism is budgeting
nurse identify as essential to the success of a financial resources fairly based on need. Therefore, the nurse should include
community plan addressing systemic racism? this as criteria essential for addressing racial inequities.
1. Focusing on the outcomes of racial inequities
2. Placing those with poser and resources in charge of
the plan
3. Creating a day of remembrance to raise awareness of
racial inequities
4. Budgeting financial resources fairly based on need
A nursing program director is discussing the integration 1. Quality Improvement
of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
competencies into the curriculum with faculty. Which of The director should include in the discussion that quality improvement is the
the following competencies should the director include QSEN competency that most students report as being the least prepared to
in the discussion as the competency that most student address.
are the least prepared to address?
1. Quality Improvement
2. Patient-Centered Care
3. Informatics
4. Teamwork and Collaboration
A nurse is discussing the timing of public health acts 1. The Sheppard-Towner Act (1921)
with a group of nursing students. The nurse should
inform the students that, if placed in chronological 2. The Social Security Act (1935)
order from oldest to newest, the following acts would
be listed in what order? 3. The Civil Rights Act (1964)
The Sheppard-Towner Act 4. The Medicare and Medicaid Act (1965)
The Civil Rights Act 5. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)
The Medicare and Medicaid Act
The Social Security Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
,A nurse is discussing government organizations with a 3. American Red Cross
newly licensed nurse who is interested in working with
clients who have been impacted by natural disasters. The American Red Cross is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing
Which of the following organizations should the nurse domestic and international disaster relief. Therefore, the nurse should include
include in the discussion as the organization that the American Red Cross in the discussion.
provides domestic and international disaster relief?
1. U.S. Public Health Services (USPHS) Commissioned
Corps
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
3. American Red Cross
4. Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
A nurse educator is teaching a class on nursing history 4. Florence Nightingale
to a group of nursing students. Which of the following
nurses should be identified as the first nurse who The nurse should identify Florence Nightingale as the first nurse who focused
focused on environmental conditions? on environmental conditions, which improved outcomes of care on battlefields
and in hospitals during the 1800s
1. Clara Barton
2. Mary Breckinridge
3. Jessie Sleet Scales
4. Florence Nightingale
A nurse in a community health clinic is providing 3. "Partner violence is underreported."
training to a group of newly hired nurses about partner
violence. Which of the following statements made by This is an accurate statement and should be identified as an understanding of
one of the nurses indicates an understanding of partner partner violence.
violence?
1. "Women and men experience partner violence
equally."
2. "Partner violence is the leading cause of death for
women."
3. "Partner violence is underreported."
4. "Only physical abuse is considered partner violence."
, A community health nurse is discussing the Nurse 2. Prohibition of racial discrimination in nursing organizations.
Training Act of 1943 with a group of nursing students.
The community health nurse should include in the The U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps prohibited discrimination in nursing organizations
discussion that which of the following occurred as a and was a direct result of the Nurse Training Act of 1943. Therefore, the nurse
direct result of the passage of this legislation? should include this in the discussion.
1. Funding for maternal child care programs
2. Prohibition of racial discrimination in nursing
organizations
3. Formation of training programs for school nurses
4. Establishment of the National Center for Nursing
Research
A newly licensed nurse is interested in finding 3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
information about health care benefits for clients who
are disabled or have end-stage renal disease. The CMS is the organization that oversees Medicare, a federal government-funded
newly licensed nurse asks their preceptor where they health care plan that provides health care benefits to clients age 65 years and
can find this information. Which of the following older, younger clients who have disabilities, and clients with end-stage renal
organization websites should the preceptor encourage disease.
the newly licensed nurse to use to find the desired
information?
1. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4. United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
Commissioned Corps
A nurse is planning to provide a presentation to a group 4. Alexander Fleming
of community members on how early discoveries in
science have influenced the practice of community He discovered Penicillin in 1928
health. Which of the following individuals should the
nurse include in the presentation as being credited with 1. Dr John Snow one of the founders of epidemiology because of his work with
discovering penicillin? Cholera epidemic in London
1. Dr John Snow 2. Dr Edward Jenner credited with the discovery of the smallpox vaccine
2. Dr. Edward Jenner 3. Lemuel Shattuck discovered the connection between illness and sanitation.
3. Lemuel Shattuck
4. Alexander Fleming
